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>> we're back down to the law, this is only a fe if you shouldy for massive government is unfair to those few. there is no guarantee wealthy people will keep their money in thison country so if we're going to have a bloated government, everybody should feel the pinch. that is the half that will find out exactly what government costs if we go over this cliff. eric: it seems that is where we are headed.k about a half a minute or so. no, >> how can he fix the fiscal cliff. saying i'll even give up texas. eric: fair and balanced: the mimetic horsemen joining me now. you are very icy on the way in u here. said you and i are going to get together on the house of the floor and come up with a deal. no fiscal cliff. >> we have to work it out. we are hopeful we can get that done.sa eric: speaker john boehner came up with $800 billion, saying it is all mine. that doesn't seem like a fair negotiation. w >> the problem is that the speaker has indicated before weo broke that he had votes, his plan be. the speaker said i have the votes. we were on the floor of the house waiting for the vote to happen, w
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possession is 9/10 of the law. let them come and find it. every politician should not take a paycheck. they do not deserve it. they have been bringing our country down. host: in look at what happened 1st.ing jan. uary host: that will happen in january 1 if congress fails to reach a compromise, even a short-term compromise. dan on the phone from massachusetts. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to know how many millionaires there are in this country versus the number of people who make $250,000 and less. i think that's where the argument can bw won e won. john boehner is making a calculation and i think that is a poor population. we should roll back the reagan tax cuts. tax cuts do not work. the bush tax cuts have been designed to be temporary. we have had no job growth due to the tax cuts. forbusinesses on the hook reinvesting their profits back into the businesses. thank you for taking my call. host: the story from "the washington times." host: other candidates that have been mentioned include the attorney general in massach
possession is 9/10 of the law. let them come and find it. every politician should not take a paycheck. they do not deserve it. they have been bringing our country down. host: in look at what happened 1st.ing jan. uary host: that will happen in january 1 if congress fails to reach a compromise, even a short-term compromise. dan on the phone from massachusetts. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to know how many millionaires there are in this country versus the number of people...
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a city with the toughest gun laws in the country. gun rights activists slamming hollywood. hypocrites have called for tighter gun laws but appear in movies featuring gratuitousgun violence. take a look at this new youtube video splicing together a recent public service announcement by a concerned lest of actors with their own movies and tv shows. see if you see a little something distorted about all. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> new town. >> how many more classrooms? >> okay. understand. >> demand a plan. lou: half a million people it seems since it was uploaded christmas day. and another million for our running tonight. up next, the white house says that the smokeless still cuts over $700 billion from the national debt. what arithmetic. the congressional budget office has a different number. we will share that with you here next. judith miller. the a-team" next. ♪ lou: joining is now, the "a-team". let's begin with you and the rousing news that, in fact, al gore is selling out. no relation. >> the broadcasting network that is flush in money is doing the former vice preside
a city with the toughest gun laws in the country. gun rights activists slamming hollywood. hypocrites have called for tighter gun laws but appear in movies featuring gratuitousgun violence. take a look at this new youtube video splicing together a recent public service announcement by a concerned lest of actors with their own movies and tv shows. see if you see a little something distorted about all. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> new town. >> how many more classrooms?...
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pip assume once the house passes it tonight and i think they will, the president will sign it into law right away. we'll see if he then heads out to hawaii to meet up withhis family. thanks very much to everyone for joining us. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now. >> thanks, wolf. we're going to pick up right now, it hit the senate and then hit the house, deals mainly with restoring middle class tax cuts. let listen to nancy pelosi right now. >> i believe that we will heed the american people, come together with a strong vote. we will increase by voting for this legislation and passing it in a strong bipartisan way, we'll increase the confidence of consumers, of the markets, of businesses, of employers to hire more. we will extend unemployment insurance to people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. this is very, very important. not only to those individuals but to our economy because this is money that is spent immediately injecting demand into the economy creating jobs. we'll extend permanent tax relief for the middle class, for more than 98% of american taxpaye
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i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2% of americans. >>> on wall street, stocks surge in reaction to the short-term deal, but house republicans have only just begun to fight. >> we also need to address the fundamental causes of our debts and deficits, and that's out of control spending. >> i think it's a little unreasonable for senator reid to say that something that they produced on new year's eve, produced by a bunch of sleep-deprived dock gentlem ed e should adopt within 24 hours. >>> the president tries to draw a line in the sign on the debt battles still to come. >> while i will negotiate over many things, i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they have already racked up. >>> plus, hillary watch, just a short time ago, an suv carrying former president bill clinton left from an underground garage at a new york hospital where his wife, hillary, is still being treated for that blood clot in her head. good day, happy new year, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama arrived in washington to
i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2% of americans. >>> on wall street, stocks surge in reaction to the short-term deal, but house republicans have only just begun to fight. >> we also need to address the fundamental causes of our debts and deficits, and that's out of control spending. >> i think it's a little unreasonable for senator reid to say that something that they produced on new year's eve, produced by a bunch of sleep-deprived dock gentlem ed e...
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now, conservatives should not write laws that are fantasies. we have some obligation to bound conservativism in reality. and so i didn't say give them amnesty, i'm not for citizenship for people who came here illegally, but i'm for figuring out a path for residency that gets them to pay taxes, get them to be within the law, get them to be not exploited and ends the sore. we will never appeal, i mean, when you have a candidate who basically says to an entire group of people -- and, remember, we lost asians by a bigger margin than latinos. now, this cannot be a gift problem, as one of our leaders described it, because asians are the hardest-working, most education-oriented and, by the way, economically most successful group in america. so they're not the people who are going to stand around and say, oh, please, give me a gift. but when you walk into a community and say, hi, i want to talk to you about economic liberty, but first i've got to kick out your grandmother, all of you who believe in families understand that's a really high barrier. i me
now, conservatives should not write laws that are fantasies. we have some obligation to bound conservativism in reality. and so i didn't say give them amnesty, i'm not for citizenship for people who came here illegally, but i'm for figuring out a path for residency that gets them to pay taxes, get them to be within the law, get them to be not exploited and ends the sore. we will never appeal, i mean, when you have a candidate who basically says to an entire group of people -- and, remember, we...
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welcome to the new law will not allow you to deduct $20 that you previously were allowed to deduct. if you're in the 25% tax bracket, it will cost you $500,000. gerri: that kind of deduction is used by people who are in deep financial debt with medical expenses. these are people who really need help. somehow ey are going to have ss hell. let's talk about this or tax on investment income. using the same issue applies there. it's not just the althy people who will get you with us. what do you mean? >> well, if you have an ira or 401k if you take your money out, which you have to do at a certain age, there is an additional 3.8% is going to be tacked on to your taxes. in other words, if you have $10,000 that you want to install, $380 go to pay for health care. you don't have to be rich to $10,000 in the ira. nobody talks about that. it also goes from the transaction he might have in the bank or anything you want gerri: something that people don't realize that it's happening, people love flexible spending accounts. it allows you to set aside pretax dollars to set aside for a variety of t
welcome to the new law will not allow you to deduct $20 that you previously were allowed to deduct. if you're in the 25% tax bracket, it will cost you $500,000. gerri: that kind of deduction is used by people who are in deep financial debt with medical expenses. these are people who really need help. somehow ey are going to have ss hell. let's talk about this or tax on investment income. using the same issue applies there. it's not just the althy people who will get you with us. what do you...
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the two big laws passed previously in 2010. affordable care act, well intentioned, very costly and those are posing problems too. >> earlier this week, we spoke with grover norquist. you signed the pledge not to sign taxes. >> i did. >> he supported speaker boehner's plan "b" and said it wouldn't violate his pledge. here's what he told us earlier this week. listen. >> i think in fact, plan "b" is a good step to protecting tax cuts for everybody. >> if you look at current law, current law says as we all know, part of the fiscal cliff '01, '03 tax relief measures will expire on january 1st. at this point, everybody's taxes go up. we all know that. we all want to forestall that. >> how high are you willing to go? if not a million, than what? >> well, let's bear in mind that every new tax burden we apply has consequences for the real economy and for growth, so the very west thing we could do, the very best thing we could do is we're not increasing taxes -- are you don't want to agree to that? >> exactly. i would imagine we're going
the two big laws passed previously in 2010. affordable care act, well intentioned, very costly and those are posing problems too. >> earlier this week, we spoke with grover norquist. you signed the pledge not to sign taxes. >> i did. >> he supported speaker boehner's plan "b" and said it wouldn't violate his pledge. here's what he told us earlier this week. listen. >> i think in fact, plan "b" is a good step to protecting tax cuts for everybody....
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if the people who are law-abiding say, i can hunt. but first of all, that means you're a bad shot if you need 30 bullets. okay? again, you have to have those folks step up. john, she can introduce the bill all she wants to. unless you have massive public pressure, which is why i got in trouble last week when i said, if one of those mothers did what mamie till says, and said show my baby in an open casket, versus the photos, it causes people to change on this issue. because we're confronted with it. we don't want to see what it looks like. we don't want to see that. >> that's why we're continuing the conversation. that's a great point about emmett till. >>> two day care workers in police custody tonight over allegations of bussing children. >>> at least 30 others have been taken off the job after background checks and criminals records including drug use. barbara starr has this exclusive "outfront" investigation. >> reporter: this little boy was supposed to be safe at an army day care center. >> this happened to military families a sto
if the people who are law-abiding say, i can hunt. but first of all, that means you're a bad shot if you need 30 bullets. okay? again, you have to have those folks step up. john, she can introduce the bill all she wants to. unless you have massive public pressure, which is why i got in trouble last week when i said, if one of those mothers did what mamie till says, and said show my baby in an open casket, versus the photos, it causes people to change on this issue. because we're confronted with...
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the president will sign it into law. the fiscal cliff will be history. >> things have turned upside down about four times in the last 24 hours. 24 hours ago you and i were talking about how we have faith in humanity, then everything turned upside down. i'm keeping an eye on international markets. u.s. markets will open 24 hours from now. but asian markets are open. tokyo won't open. it has a holiday. but we see trading in hong kong and seoul open. they're both up a little bit because everybody is doing what we're doing. they think this seems hopeful. if markets had opened six hours ago, they'd probably be down thinking now what's going to happen? but now it looks hopeful that the u.s. will not go over the fiscal cliff if everything you heard from dana and jessica come to pass. for the moment international markets are cautious, they are trading just marginally higher, nobody's all too worried just yet. and they have eight more hours to trade. we'll keep an eye on this. this could be quite dangerous for the global economy
the president will sign it into law. the fiscal cliff will be history. >> things have turned upside down about four times in the last 24 hours. 24 hours ago you and i were talking about how we have faith in humanity, then everything turned upside down. i'm keeping an eye on international markets. u.s. markets will open 24 hours from now. but asian markets are open. tokyo won't open. it has a holiday. but we see trading in hong kong and seoul open. they're both up a little bit because...
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it's a law signed by governor schwarzenegger ab 32. cap-and-trade is 20% of that system. it gets most of the political attention and oomph and you're a critic of cap-and-trade because -- >> because it's not -- it's half assed. [laughter]. it's going -- >> because they gave away too many free allowances to polluters? >> you know, so there was this waxman-markey bill, 3,000 pages long. the lobbyists controled that so that it had giveaways to utilities, to fossil fuel industry and it brings big banks into it. why do you want big banks in this problem? why should they be making money? every cent that they make is coming out of the public's hide and they add absolutely nothing. what you want is a system which is very simple, and it makes clear. you know, there's this -- people will see in the marketplace that's something that is using fossil fuels is gonna cost more because of that carbon price, and so they will make their decisions based on that, and there's no money going to banks at all. you don't want a system with caps where then you have this trading, you have derivative
it's a law signed by governor schwarzenegger ab 32. cap-and-trade is 20% of that system. it gets most of the political attention and oomph and you're a critic of cap-and-trade because -- >> because it's not -- it's half assed. [laughter]. it's going -- >> because they gave away too many free allowances to polluters? >> you know, so there was this waxman-markey bill, 3,000 pages long. the lobbyists controled that so that it had giveaways to utilities, to fossil fuel industry...
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this in fact is the law. we can change the law. and senator wyden had something to do with section 704. he did in fact change the law to put additional privacy protections in, and those privacy protections are up for reauthorization in this bill. i'd like to address myself, if i could, to what senator merkley said in his comments. i listened carefully, and what he was saying was opinions of the foreign intelligence surveillance court should in some way, shape or form be made public, just as opinions of the supreme court or any court are made available to the public. and to a great extent i find myself in agreement with that. they should be. why can't they be? because they mix the law and the particular circumstances, are mixed together in the opinion. and so the particular circumstances are possibly classified. they may be names, they may be -- who knows what they are, but certainly the opinion can either be written in a certain way for public release or the attorney general can be required to prepare a summary of what that opinion
this in fact is the law. we can change the law. and senator wyden had something to do with section 704. he did in fact change the law to put additional privacy protections in, and those privacy protections are up for reauthorization in this bill. i'd like to address myself, if i could, to what senator merkley said in his comments. i listened carefully, and what he was saying was opinions of the foreign intelligence surveillance court should in some way, shape or form be made public, just as...
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explain this. >> well, a new law, new year, new laws, and this is an interesting one because what it is is it basically says employers can't force you to give over your password for twitter, facebook, any kind of social media. and higher education authorities can't do it either. and it is basically, we say, twitter, facebook, these things are all public. but the right to privacy is one of the most important right we have in this country. common law right, constitutional right. and this, i think you draw the line, the lawmakers have said in illinois and california, enough's enough. you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. why did they need that information? they can't force you to give the passwords and i think that's a law that will spread beyond those two states. >> it certainly doesn't mean employers can't look at what you've got on your facebook page they can't access it. new laws in response to the jerry sandusky molestation case at penn state. how does that affect folks in oregon? >> this is a weird one too. so many people i think during the sandusky case, myself included,
explain this. >> well, a new law, new year, new laws, and this is an interesting one because what it is is it basically says employers can't force you to give over your password for twitter, facebook, any kind of social media. and higher education authorities can't do it either. and it is basically, we say, twitter, facebook, these things are all public. but the right to privacy is one of the most important right we have in this country. common law right, constitutional right. and this, i...
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. >> you never saw a new law you didn't love. >> that bitterness will make -- us. >> we have 5 cents on every piece of bacon, right? [laughter] that is all the money we have for you today. we will see you tomorrow. "the willis report" is next. stay classy, san diego. gerri: hello, everyone, i am gerri willis. retailers dealing with the fallout of shoppers not showing up this holiday season, dc starbucks store is urging lawmakers to come together tomorrow and friday. they will come back to work in a mighty more to to the point. the senate is back tomorrow morning. treasury secretary tim geithner is one congressional leaders about december 31. that's next monday, my friends, five short days from now. we have michael burgess of texas with us. i want to read you what the treasury secretary wrote to harry reid. he said i'm writing to inform you that the statutory debt limit will be reached on december 31. he went on to say that they have special gimmicks they are going to deploy to allow us to go past december 31. we have to tell you that here we are again. nothing is being done. we have
. >> you never saw a new law you didn't love. >> that bitterness will make -- us. >> we have 5 cents on every piece of bacon, right? [laughter] that is all the money we have for you today. we will see you tomorrow. "the willis report" is next. stay classy, san diego. gerri: hello, everyone, i am gerri willis. retailers dealing with the fallout of shoppers not showing up this holiday season, dc starbucks store is urging lawmakers to come together tomorrow and friday....
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finalized, not only in the senate, as you know, tom, but the house of representatives and signed into law by the president. >> there's so many contentious details here. any one of them might trip this up, but there are two big pillars we're talking about today more than anything else. the first one seems to have been successful. it has to do with the idea of where you're going to put the threshold for maintaining the bush tax cuts. the republicans wanted to maintain the bush tax cuts for everyone. the white house said no, not for everyone. we want to do it for middle income people, but wealthier people can pay more. the president wanted to say anybody making over $250,000 as a couple in this country should pay more. they should go to a higher level of tax rates. however, the republicans by and large said they didn't want anybody to pay more taxes, but some said, if you're going to pay more, let's make it a million dollars a year or more. where we are is somewhere down around here, around $450,000 a year per couple. this seems to be largely one of the coups today where the parties seem to
finalized, not only in the senate, as you know, tom, but the house of representatives and signed into law by the president. >> there's so many contentious details here. any one of them might trip this up, but there are two big pillars we're talking about today more than anything else. the first one seems to have been successful. it has to do with the idea of where you're going to put the threshold for maintaining the bush tax cuts. the republicans wanted to maintain the bush tax cuts for...
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. >> i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2% of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike. >> the president gets his deal. but with the debt ceiling battle on the horizon, how long does the victory last? >> save your power for the debt ceiling fight. >> dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz will tell me where the democrats go from here. >> he got his tax increase, but he can't claim republican fingerprints on his tax increase. >> grover can't handle the truth. but his pledge is dead. and it's the end of an era for conservatives. tonight, karen finney and michael steele on the republican party in disarray. >>> the keynote speaker at the republican convention destroys the republican congress. >> there is only one group to blame, the house majority and their speaker, john boehner. >> congressman jerry nadler on the republican disgrace over sandy relief funds. >>> and when should hillary clinton expect those apologies from fox news? >> hillary has severe benghazi allergy. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it's a new year and a new dea
. >> i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2% of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike. >> the president gets his deal. but with the debt ceiling battle on the horizon, how long does the victory last? >> save your power for the debt ceiling fight. >> dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz will tell me where the democrats go from here. >> he got his tax increase, but he can't claim republican fingerprints on his tax increase. >> grover...
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and we have a law at the moment. the democrats, leader nancy pelosi as she has traditionally done being able to whip her caucus. the members getting in line it appears except for at the moment, eight of those. when you were on the floor, and i watched you, discussions that were happening, what is the mood on the floor about what is happening right now? what is about to start, which is the vote? >> well it is so interesting, many people asked what it felt like to come back to congress on sunday and to try and get this done. and tell you, at least to say on the democratic side the republicans, as well. we wanted to be here and get it done. we understand how important it is for us to make these decisions about tax policies for our families while we did increase rates for the very upper income we did it in a fair way. and we stood firm on that. but again, 99% of americans are going to see all the tax -- you know those tax cuts continue. and that is pretty important. and a lot of tax provisions for helping students go to
and we have a law at the moment. the democrats, leader nancy pelosi as she has traditionally done being able to whip her caucus. the members getting in line it appears except for at the moment, eight of those. when you were on the floor, and i watched you, discussions that were happening, what is the mood on the floor about what is happening right now? what is about to start, which is the vote? >> well it is so interesting, many people asked what it felt like to come back to congress on...
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i thought discrimination should be against athe law. the people supposedly working for the people are getting paid so much money for being in the position that they are in and they need to take a deduction. i get a kick out of mitt romney. he was making fun of everybody. this is terrible and i think something should be done about it. guest: i think progressives agree there should be more equality in with the wealthy pay and what the less wealthy pay. they have raised the rates on the entrances to the estate tax. i think she is looking for a flat tax level where everybody pays the same. timor you learn, the more you kick in to help others. -- the more you earn, more you can to help others. host: somebody happy about the deal on twitter. ke.st: there's a lot to lig unemployment extension is huge. that is a big boost to the economy. people will be better set up to find a job later. host: we are talking about two million people. guest: the earned income tax credit was extended for five years. no cuts in the deal to medicaid and social secur
i thought discrimination should be against athe law. the people supposedly working for the people are getting paid so much money for being in the position that they are in and they need to take a deduction. i get a kick out of mitt romney. he was making fun of everybody. this is terrible and i think something should be done about it. guest: i think progressives agree there should be more equality in with the wealthy pay and what the less wealthy pay. they have raised the rates on the entrances...
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. >> under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will have continued to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs that they create. and 2 million americans who are out of work but out there looking, pounding the pavement every day, are going to continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they're actively looking for a job. i am very open to compromise. i agree with democrats and republicans that the aging population and the rising cost of health care makes medicare the biggest contributor to our deficit. i believe we've got to find ways to reform that program without hurting seniors who count on it to survive. and i believe that there's further unnecessary spending in government that we can eliminate. but we can't simply cut our way to prosperity. i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bil
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those are enshrined into law for five years. those were sort of important things that went in for the working class and the republicans didn't like that either. >> that was a huge deal in this deal. these tax cuts, the earned income, it's an expanded earned income tax credit, expansion of the child tax credit, and expansion of a college tax credit. these single most progressive elements of the current tax code, they help the poor hugely. these are big increases in incomes for the actual working poor. obviously, the best argument you can make out of it is it is very large based, largely progressive. you don't pay payroll taxes over $110,000, but tax cuts for $80,000, $90,000. >> thank you very much, ezra klein. we really appreciate it. >>> we will come back, and when we do, more about the blood clot that's causing secretary of state hillary clinton's hospitalization, also a live update on concerns and her condition next. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton remains in the hospital as doctors continue to treat a blood clot stemm
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because the society works better with fewer laws. stuart: moving on to something much more important, and just more important. a new law in california makes it illegal to protest at funerals. the law bans protesters from dmon straight an hour before and after a funeral ends. is this a first amendment issue, judge? >> well, it's not only a first amendment issue, but it's a direct conflict and contradiction to a recent supreme court opinion which held that these awful people at the westboro baptist church, no matter how horrible the message may be, enjoy the same rights as the rest of us. if they want to celebrate the death of the decedent at the decedent's own funeral on public property, not going in the church, private property or in the place of the funeral, the funeral home, but from a street corner, every right to do so so says the supreme court. california can't change that. stuart: you protest a funeral, got to stay from a certain distance, california says you can't protest at all. >> you can't interfere with the lawful presence
because the society works better with fewer laws. stuart: moving on to something much more important, and just more important. a new law in california makes it illegal to protest at funerals. the law bans protesters from dmon straight an hour before and after a funeral ends. is this a first amendment issue, judge? >> well, it's not only a first amendment issue, but it's a direct conflict and contradiction to a recent supreme court opinion which held that these awful people at the westboro...
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. >> stephanie: but look at new york the gun laws there they have worked. is that not a good outcome? >> caller: yes, is there gun violence in texas like there is in chicago? >> yeah, there is a hell of a lot gun violence in texas. >> caller: there is far more in chicago, illinois. >> there are far more people in chicago than there are in waco. >> caller: come on now. >> what do you mean come on now. >> stephanie: what are you saying chicago is a big city? >> lot of people live there! >> stephanie: you are counting right? because you believe in gentrifying. >> because i'm an academic. >> stephanie: joe? arizona. hi, joe. hello? >> stephanie: oh, joe is talking to somebody else. obviously less important than me. chuck in seattle. hi, chuck. >> caller: hi. >> stephanie: hi! >> caller: guess what i just got off of the phone with harry reid's office, and they are not really sure if they want to do this filibuster reform thing or not, and they need a little more convincing, so any of your live listeners should call harry reid's office. >> stephanie: oh people wh
. >> stephanie: but look at new york the gun laws there they have worked. is that not a good outcome? >> caller: yes, is there gun violence in texas like there is in chicago? >> yeah, there is a hell of a lot gun violence in texas. >> caller: there is far more in chicago, illinois. >> there are far more people in chicago than there are in waco. >> caller: come on now. >> what do you mean come on now. >> stephanie: what are you saying chicago is a...
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>> well, law enforcement speaks for law enforcement. certainly we're well-aware of the crisis in america today with gun violence, and certainly we believe there are measures that can be taken, a national background check that addresses some 40% of gun sales that are outside of licensed dealers. in addition, a capacity on high magazines, no more than ten. and certainly the national partnership to prevent gun violence is calling for an assault weapons ban. we know this will help save lives in america and reduce injury. >> so, chief, you said law enforcement speaks for law enforcement. are you suggesting there that the nra does not speak for law enforcement? >> well, certainly the organization that i represent, the partnership is made up of over nine executive leadership organizations, and we know over decades of experience on this group and many others in law enforcement, know what will work to help reduce violence in america and make our society a safer place. a national background check. lets fix this system today. let's limit these hig
>> well, law enforcement speaks for law enforcement. certainly we're well-aware of the crisis in america today with gun violence, and certainly we believe there are measures that can be taken, a national background check that addresses some 40% of gun sales that are outside of licensed dealers. in addition, a capacity on high magazines, no more than ten. and certainly the national partnership to prevent gun violence is calling for an assault weapons ban. we know this will help save lives...
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goes back into place, 1949 law, which basically means the government, the federal government, will go back in the business of strongly supporting the dairy industry by raising the price support or support for dairy products to $38 a hundred weight which is almost double the price of milk today. >> if the house decides to take up the bill today, the full congress could vote on it tonight. >>> president barack obama said he was optimistic that a deal on the fiscal cliff could be reached. that might have been a mistake. ahead, more on the fiscal cliff and the dwindling hope that a deal can be reached. it's all part of our special coverage of the fiscal cliff crisis with me and ali velshi. ...but he'd wait for her forever, for any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. for a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. compared to other leading brands, it has 50% more animal protein. ...to help keep rocky's body as strong as a love that never fades... if he ever lets her leave again. iams. keep love strong. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can c
goes back into place, 1949 law, which basically means the government, the federal government, will go back in the business of strongly supporting the dairy industry by raising the price support or support for dairy products to $38 a hundred weight which is almost double the price of milk today. >> if the house decides to take up the bill today, the full congress could vote on it tonight. >>> president barack obama said he was optimistic that a deal on the fiscal cliff could be...
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>> well, this year i'm transferring the majority of my ranch, as long as we're under the tax laws that we have in the next few days, majority of my ranch will go to my sons, and i'm basically semi-retired, shall we say. >> what -- what is happening, bob, is more and more family-owned ranches, the family is having to sell the farm or the ranch because they can't afford the taxes, and the value of those farms and ranches has gone up over the time because of the tremendous interest in farmland these days, right? >> well, most of it in our area has been bought up by outside money for recreation purposes. we live in a very scenic area. it's not all that conducive sometimes to agriculture because we only get about 14 inches of rain, but we have beautiful trout streams and wildlife, and there's been a lot of influx of people with deep pockets buying ranches in montana, and the average price in our area has gone for over 2,000 an acre which cows can't pay for so trying to keep it in the family -- >> so an unintended consequence of raising the tax and lowering the threshold is exactly that thou
>> well, this year i'm transferring the majority of my ranch, as long as we're under the tax laws that we have in the next few days, majority of my ranch will go to my sons, and i'm basically semi-retired, shall we say. >> what -- what is happening, bob, is more and more family-owned ranches, the family is having to sell the farm or the ranch because they can't afford the taxes, and the value of those farms and ranches has gone up over the time because of the tremendous interest in...
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of that number, only a very small proportion are not hedge funds, partnerships, law firms, companies that don't employ a whole lot of other people. so the congressman's facts are just incorrect on this. there is nowhere near a million businesses that will be affected by this tax increase on people who make above $450,000. we're waiting on a vote on the fiscal cliff deal as early as tonight. >> i can report we have reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax issues. >> tax issues include, as i mentioned, raising rates on individuals earning more than 4 $400,000 or households earning over $450,000. now, by my read, wolf, that goes directly against the pledge that most republicans and some democrats signed when they took office to never vote to increase taxes under any circumstances. the man behind that pledge, grover norquist, the president of americans for tax reform, is with us now. grover, we spoke this morning, but you spoke to wolf probably two hours ago. and i had to rewind it and watch it again because you told wolf that your reading of the proposal that we think is going
of that number, only a very small proportion are not hedge funds, partnerships, law firms, companies that don't employ a whole lot of other people. so the congressman's facts are just incorrect on this. there is nowhere near a million businesses that will be affected by this tax increase on people who make above $450,000. we're waiting on a vote on the fiscal cliff deal as early as tonight. >> i can report we have reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax issues. >> tax...
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this is a unique example, but this is against the law. so something that people shouldn't do. >> reporter: now investigators with the cecil county sheriff office want you to call if you were in the area in elkton of ajs court and they are hoping to get more information from witnesses. the number is 410-392-2117. linda so, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> the 2013 session begins in annapolis one week from today. one of the hot items for debate could be legalizing marijuana. bills that would have legalized the drug for medical use stalled in annapolis in each of the past two years. state officials have said they are concerned that marijuana is illegal under federal law. supporters argue the feds have not interfered with colorado's state run marijuana program. >>> making news around the nation, a sledding accident caught on camera. a man slide over a partially frozen lake in california breaking through the ice. several people tried to help him out throwing ropes and inner tubes his way. but they started to fall through the ice as well. everyone
this is a unique example, but this is against the law. so something that people shouldn't do. >> reporter: now investigators with the cecil county sheriff office want you to call if you were in the area in elkton of ajs court and they are hoping to get more information from witnesses. the number is 410-392-2117. linda so, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> the 2013 session begins in annapolis one week from today. one of the hot items for debate could be legalizing marijuana....
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>> i think we need to ban gun laws that ban people from protecting themselves. all over europe there have been mass murders -- >> you're talking complete and utter -- >> people need to be able to defend themselves to the point of the crime and not for the police to come until after everybody's dead. >> what you said, mr. pratt, the gun deaths in australia and britain, they are 35 people killed a year. your country is 12,000. >> your murder rate is lower than ours, that is true. >> it's 35 against 12,000. >> your violent crime rate -- your violent crime rate is higher than ours, as is the violent crime rate in australia. america is not the wild west that you are depicting. we only have the problem in our cities and unhappily in our schools where people like you have been able to get laws put on the books that keep people from being able to defend themselves. i honestly don't understand why you would rather have people be victims of a crime than be able to defend themselves. it's incomprehensible. >> you're an unbelievably stupid man, aren't you? >> it seems to me
>> i think we need to ban gun laws that ban people from protecting themselves. all over europe there have been mass murders -- >> you're talking complete and utter -- >> people need to be able to defend themselves to the point of the crime and not for the police to come until after everybody's dead. >> what you said, mr. pratt, the gun deaths in australia and britain, they are 35 people killed a year. your country is 12,000. >> your murder rate is lower than ours,...
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about 10 years ago, we started talking about role of law. i said to him at the time, what strikes me about this topic was that other than the occasion i can think of, other than when paul worked at the state department and bill clinton was president, this topic in my view has never gotten the attention it deserves. it has been treated too much as a technical topic. not as a fundamental topic about the relations of the states. in my experience, i always say the chinese leadership, the most distinctive characteristic is they are systematically opened. that is to say the modus operandi is on a particular topic, let's look for the best ideas throughout the world, bring them back, study them, and then customize them as appropriate for our own system. and yet in this one respect, they have been a little bit slow. we had this conversation 10 years ago. now, i will stick my neck out and say for a variety of reasons, some of which are circumstantial, some of which have to do with the leadership in the standing committee come i believe that this topic
about 10 years ago, we started talking about role of law. i said to him at the time, what strikes me about this topic was that other than the occasion i can think of, other than when paul worked at the state department and bill clinton was president, this topic in my view has never gotten the attention it deserves. it has been treated too much as a technical topic. not as a fundamental topic about the relations of the states. in my experience, i always say the chinese leadership, the most...
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especially when we pass the laws like the house law, they did everything they could not to fund it? that was a allow. if we break a law it is some kind of penalty for us. >> thanks to things like citizens united, you can actually support the candidates not inside your congressional district through greater support mechanisms that are going to be out there the next cycle. let's say you're in an area where your democrat congressperson is safe, you have the opportunity now to go after them and i think it's worthwhile. >> chris i don't mean to be quibly. that's the word of the day. but they are a little treasony. pledge to grover norquist. a little treasony. just saying. talking about secession treasony. how about this one. south carolina state representative introduces bill to exempt state firearms from all federal regulations. so you can just have -- >> all right. >> you can't. >> blaming the federal -- government to regulate firearms is south carolina to prevent them from all federal regulations. >> we exempt the state from all federal health then. >> here's a good idea. blue all of
especially when we pass the laws like the house law, they did everything they could not to fund it? that was a allow. if we break a law it is some kind of penalty for us. >> thanks to things like citizens united, you can actually support the candidates not inside your congressional district through greater support mechanisms that are going to be out there the next cycle. let's say you're in an area where your democrat congressperson is safe, you have the opportunity now to go after them...
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this law. that work is crucial, too. and for that reason, mr. president, i hope that on a bipartisan basis the amendments will be viewed favorably by the senate when we begin voting, and, mr. president, thank you for your indulgence for being part of this discussion, presiding in the chair, with special thanks to the distinguished majority leader, who gave me the opportunity to open this discussion about fisa this morning. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mrs. feinstein: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: mr. president, i'd like to make the opening statement, at least as the committee chair, on the bill that is before the snavment this bill is a simple bill. this is a house bill that extends -- reauthorizes the foreign intelligence surveillance act called the fisa amendment section 702. it the reauthorizes it until -- for five years until december 31, 2017. that is all it does. without senate action, these authorities to collect intell
this law. that work is crucial, too. and for that reason, mr. president, i hope that on a bipartisan basis the amendments will be viewed favorably by the senate when we begin voting, and, mr. president, thank you for your indulgence for being part of this discussion, presiding in the chair, with special thanks to the distinguished majority leader, who gave me the opportunity to open this discussion about fisa this morning. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mrs. feinstein: mr....
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two years old if we are talking the 1986 law. the way we use information has vastly changed you would think lawmakers would update and approve the bill. the measure they have in it that does not require warrants to be issued for e-mails over 6 months old. >> it is still there. >> it is still there. it is problematic. it is a major consumer issue as you can image the american civil liberties union is saying protect these people. we didn't abandon the e-mails because they are 6 months old. >> we have republican bob good lad. he says the bill deserves careful protection for consumer's privacy while modernizing the laws to empower consumers to do more with video consumption preferences. >> i love press releasing they are wonderful. bottom line as it relates to people who are watching it briefly historically robert walkways a supreme court nominee. what they did is do it without his consent. they made a bill that said if you want to release what we are viewing and watching you have to get the consumer's consent to do that. there's a p
two years old if we are talking the 1986 law. the way we use information has vastly changed you would think lawmakers would update and approve the bill. the measure they have in it that does not require warrants to be issued for e-mails over 6 months old. >> it is still there. >> it is still there. it is problematic. it is a major consumer issue as you can image the american civil liberties union is saying protect these people. we didn't abandon the e-mails because they are 6 months...
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>> i think we need to ban gun control laws that keep people from protecting themselves. the problem is not going to go away if we ban this or that gun, it doesn't work, doesn't even work in new england. you have had mass murders in england, mass murders -- people need to be able to defend themselves at the point of the crime and not wait for 20 minutes for the police to come when everybody is dead. >> when you said is an absolutely, the gun murder rate in countries like britain or germany or australia who have all suffered massacres many years ago of a similar nature. there are 35 people killed a year, your country is 12,000. >> your murder rate is lower than ours, that is true, your violent crime rate -- your violent crime rate. >> and they got rid of these all the weapons. >> as is the violent crime rate in australia. america is not the wild west that you are depicting, we only have the problem in our cities, and unhappily in our schools where people like you have been able to get laws put on the books that keep people from being able to defend themselves. i honestly d
>> i think we need to ban gun control laws that keep people from protecting themselves. the problem is not going to go away if we ban this or that gun, it doesn't work, doesn't even work in new england. you have had mass murders in england, mass murders -- people need to be able to defend themselves at the point of the crime and not wait for 20 minutes for the police to come when everybody is dead. >> when you said is an absolutely, the gun murder rate in countries like britain or...
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>> i think we need to ban gun control laws that keep people from protecting themselves. the problem is not going to go away if we ban this or that gun, it doesn't work, doesn't even work in new england. you have had mass murders in england, mass murders -- people need to be able to defend themselves at the point of the crime and not wait for 20 minutes for the police to come when everybody is dead. >> when you said is an absolutely, the gun murder rate in countries like britain or germany or australia who have all suffered massacres many years ago of a similar nature. there are 35 people killed a year, your country is 12,000. >> your murder rate is lower than ours, that is true, your violent crime rate -- your violent crime rate. >> and they got rid of these all the weapons. >> as is the violent crime rate in australia. america is not the wild west that you are depicting, we only have the problem in our cities, and unhappily in our schools where people like you have been able to get laws put on the books that keep people from being able to defend themselves. i honestly d
>> i think we need to ban gun control laws that keep people from protecting themselves. the problem is not going to go away if we ban this or that gun, it doesn't work, doesn't even work in new england. you have had mass murders in england, mass murders -- people need to be able to defend themselves at the point of the crime and not wait for 20 minutes for the police to come when everybody is dead. >> when you said is an absolutely, the gun murder rate in countries like britain or...
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. >> under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they create. 2 million americans are out of work with, but out there looking and pounding the pavement every day will continue to receive unemployment benefits as long as they're actively looking for a job. i'm very open to compromise. i agree with democrats and republicans that the aging population and the rising cost of health care makes medicare the biggest contributor to our deficit. i believe we have to find ways to reform that program without hurting seniors who count on it to survive. and i believe that there's further unnecessary spending in government that we can eliminate. but we can't simply cut our way to prosperity. i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they have alre
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this law governing natural gas exports hasn't been updated since 1938. whether or not congress has the political will to change it remains to be seen but it's certainly going to be part of the conversation. >> you also write about the european financial crisis. i would think it's fair to say 2012 was a horrible, terrible, very bad year for the european economy. but what could that mean to us here? >> right. i think the fiscal cliff of the past month has really allowed a lot of people and especially those in congress to forget that there's a big world out there where economies are not doing so well either. there's been a couple of economists, some of the big economic firms like deutsche bank and others who say, quote, we don't want to have a false sense of security about how europe is doing. i think as we have to somewhat of a degree put off the fiscal cliff, i think europe's woes are going to back to the forefront of congress. that could impact the u.s. economy and gas prices. i think how europe does is going to affect a lot of what happens in the u.s. e
this law governing natural gas exports hasn't been updated since 1938. whether or not congress has the political will to change it remains to be seen but it's certainly going to be part of the conversation. >> you also write about the european financial crisis. i would think it's fair to say 2012 was a horrible, terrible, very bad year for the european economy. but what could that mean to us here? >> right. i think the fiscal cliff of the past month has really allowed a lot of...
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it is a new year so new laws started to take effect. gay marriage now in maryland kicked in. and here is a psa for our friends in denver, as of monday they open up at 4:20 which makes sense, you can now smoke pot in denver they opened up their first legal pot-use club. opened up at 4:20. 200 people signed up you pay $29.99 admission price, and you bring your own pot, and you can hang out there and smoke pot in denver. >> bill: field trip. tom calling from brooklyn new york. >> bill: hey, bill. love your show. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: i have a point to make about the fiscal cliff. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: this congress they are so incompetent over the fiscal cliff that this should have been done a long time ago. >> bill: totally. >> caller: but here is my point, how quickly they voted to pass tarp and give $700 billion to bail the banks out, but for the american people, the republicans, oh, no they wanted all of these concessions blah blah, blah. that's the point i wanted to make. >> bill: that's a good point. their priorities are the wall street bankers and million air
it is a new year so new laws started to take effect. gay marriage now in maryland kicked in. and here is a psa for our friends in denver, as of monday they open up at 4:20 which makes sense, you can now smoke pot in denver they opened up their first legal pot-use club. opened up at 4:20. 200 people signed up you pay $29.99 admission price, and you bring your own pot, and you can hang out there and smoke pot in denver. >> bill: field trip. tom calling from brooklyn new york. >> bill:...
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law that's what i said back on july 25th. the only reason we ever allowed that vote on that proposal, as i said at that time, was that we constitutional muster. and that democrats, if they were really serious, they'd proceedo to a revenue bill that originated in the has as the a constitution requires and as iqr called on them to do again last week. to repeat, the so-called senatea bill is nothing more than ahing glorified sense of the senateen resolution. so let'sse put that convenient talking point aside from here on out. last night i told the president we'd be happy to look at whatwol are he -- whatever he proposes, but the truth is we're coming up against a hard deadline here. and as ie, said, this is a conversation we should have had months ago. and republicans respect about to write a blank -- aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward any just because we find ourselves at the w edge of the cliff. that wouldn't be fair to theou americanld people. that having been said, we'll see what th
law that's what i said back on july 25th. the only reason we ever allowed that vote on that proposal, as i said at that time, was that we constitutional muster. and that democrats, if they were really serious, they'd proceedo to a revenue bill that originated in the has as the a constitution requires and as iqr called on them to do again last week. to repeat, the so-called senatea bill is nothing more than ahing glorified sense of the senateen resolution. so let'sse put that convenient talking...
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>> i think we need to ban gun laws that ban people from protecting themselves. all over europe there have been mass murders -- >> you're talking complete and utter -- >> people need to be able to defend themselves toe point of the crime and not for the police to come until after everybody's dead. >> what you said, mr. pratt, the gun deaths in australia and britain, they are 35 people killed a year. your country is 12,000. >> your murder rate is lower than hours, that is true. >> it's 35 against 12,000. >> your violent crime rate -- your violent crime rate is higher than ours, as is the violent crime rate in australia. america is not the wild west that you are depicting. we only have the problem in our cities and unhappily in our schools where people like you have been able to get laws put on the books that keep people from being able to defend themselves. i honestly don't understand why you would rather have people be victims of a crime than be able to defend themselves. it's incomprehensible. >> you're an unbelievably stupid man, aren't you? >> it seems to. he
>> i think we need to ban gun laws that ban people from protecting themselves. all over europe there have been mass murders -- >> you're talking complete and utter -- >> people need to be able to defend themselves toe point of the crime and not for the police to come until after everybody's dead. >> what you said, mr. pratt, the gun deaths in australia and britain, they are 35 people killed a year. your country is 12,000. >> your murder rate is lower than hours,...
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guest: this is already in current law. if you earn $85,000 as a single, you pay more for your share of the premiums. one idea is the idea of looking at those figures and say how could we adjust the provision to get more revenue? the health law freezes the current threshold. there was a proposal until 25% of beneficiaries are paying for their premiums. this is an area that could be the basis for some bipartisan agreement. host: medicare spending in 2006, $403 billion. host: if there is no agreement beneficiary cuts. is that correct? guest: the providers are facing a 2% cut on sequestration will complain to their patients that washington is taking too much from them. >> a picture of the u.s. capitol, where senators and congressman are traveling down pennsylvania avenue with a meeting at the white house with president obama. also expecting to hear from senator john mccain talking about a filibuster or form, a subject that will be much on the minds of senators as the new senate begins next week. we will cover the white house f
guest: this is already in current law. if you earn $85,000 as a single, you pay more for your share of the premiums. one idea is the idea of looking at those figures and say how could we adjust the provision to get more revenue? the health law freezes the current threshold. there was a proposal until 25% of beneficiaries are paying for their premiums. this is an area that could be the basis for some bipartisan agreement. host: medicare spending in 2006, $403 billion. host: if there is no...
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it was signed into law by president vladimir putin. more than 50 children were in the final stages of the adoption process when the bill was signed. russia's child rights commissioner says the children will now stay in russia. joining me now from the state department is allyse labott. so sad when you think about the kids that were going to go to loving homes. is this pay back for the u.s. -- for the decision to ban entry into this country by russians allegedly involved in human rights abuses and what is the u.s. saying about it? >> that's exactly what the state department is saying. they're saying the russians are playing politics with the lives of poor orphans in russia who don't have any place to go. let me read you a little bit of a statement from the state department today saying the russian government's politically motivated decision will reduce adoption possibilities for children who are now under institutional care. we are further concerned about statements that adoptions already under way may be stopped and hope that the russia
it was signed into law by president vladimir putin. more than 50 children were in the final stages of the adoption process when the bill was signed. russia's child rights commissioner says the children will now stay in russia. joining me now from the state department is allyse labott. so sad when you think about the kids that were going to go to loving homes. is this pay back for the u.s. -- for the decision to ban entry into this country by russians allegedly involved in human rights abuses...
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is the law. guest: i wish you were not so rational. that is not the way washington works. maybe you are right. host: we will go to denise from portland, ore caller: we would all be driving electric cars which would give everybody a job the last 30 years if they did not stop it because so many people are entrenched in oil money. we would have more democratically run businesses, which i do see in my home state happening more. i think that would solve a big portion of the problem. thank you. host: joshua gordon, what in the year energy issues are we looking at? -- >> end of the year energy issues are we looking at? guest: i am not aware of any major ones for the fiscal cliff. going down the road, and you definitely have some issues. there is the need for a new highway bill. they have had trouble passing highly legislation because no one is willing to increase the gas tax. our gas taxes are the main way we pay for the new roads and bridges and that kind of thing. i think it is a relatively short-term
is the law. guest: i wish you were not so rational. that is not the way washington works. maybe you are right. host: we will go to denise from portland, ore caller: we would all be driving electric cars which would give everybody a job the last 30 years if they did not stop it because so many people are entrenched in oil money. we would have more democratically run businesses, which i do see in my home state happening more. i think that would solve a big portion of the problem. thank you. host:...